Huntsville gazette., 1887-08-27
WEEKLY SUMMARY,
Showing Results of the Winter Wheat and
Oat Harvest in the West and Northwest
Condition of the Yet Unmatured Corn
Crop-Tardy but Welcome Rains.

Showing Results of the Winter Wheat and
Oat Harvest in the West and Northwest
Condition of the Yet Unmatured Corn
Crop-Tardy but Welcome Rains.
CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-The following crop
summary will appear in this weeks issue
of the Farmers ReUieag, showing the re-
suit of the wheat and oat harvest in the
West and Northwest, together with the
condition of the yet unmatured corn
crop:
Our reports do not indicate any mate
rial change in the condition of the corn
crop in the different States as a result of
the recent refreshing rains. Corn on high
and dry lands was too far gone to be re-
cuperated by rains, but low
lying and late-planted fields have
been somewhat helped. These, however,
are not of sufficient acreage to affect to
any appreciable degree the general aver
age of condition. Dakota alone reports
the condition of the crop above average.
The average yield of winter wheat in the
different States, as shown by the spring
returns from our crop report, is as fol-
lows:
Twenty-Five Illinois counties, 10 3-4
bushels: IA Wisconsin counties, 20 bush
els; II Ohio counties, 13 3-11 bushels; IL
Missouri counties, 90 4-13 bushels; 8 Mich
igan counties, 16 1-3 bushels; s Kentucky
counties, 10 bushels; 10 Kansas counties,
u 2-5 bushels; and IL Indiana counties,
IA 1-5 bushels.
The average yield of spring wheat in the
different States is as follows:
Fourteen counties in Iowa, u bushels; IA
counties in Dakota, 10 bushels; counties
in Minnesota, 10 bushels, and 10 counties
in Nebraska, II S-13 bushels.
The average yield of oats in the differ
ent states as shown by threshing returns
from our report, is as follows:
Twenty six Illinois counties, SO bushels;
II Wisconsin counties, 26 OH bush
els; II Ohio counties, 80 2-5 bushels;
II Missouri counties, 30 As buse-
els; II Michigan counties, 27
bushels; / Kentucky counties, "a 3-5 bush
els; IA Kansas counties, 25 1-3 bushels; 10
Indiana counties, "a 4-5 bushels; 90 Iowa
counties, 33 10 bushels; II Dakota counties,
SO ell bushels; 8 Minnesota counties, 80
bushels, and u Nebraska counties; 32
bushels.
The recent rains have much refreshed
and invigorated the pastures, and fair
supply Of fall feed is now anticipated.
Potatoes generally are turning out poor
crop on account of drought, but late va
rieties have been helped by the rains. The
apple crop will be generally light in the
West. Cattle are beginning to pick up in
condition, and are reported in good health
as a rule.
The average condition of the corn crop
in the States reporting is as follows:
Twenty-six counties in Illinois report an
average condition of the crop of 50.4 per
cent; eleven counties in Wisconsin, 56.9
per cent; ten counties in Ohio, 69.5
per cent; eleven counties in Missouri, 63
per cent; ten counties in Michigan,
45.5 per cent; seven counties in
Kentucky, Sc per cent; thirteen counties
in Kansas, 40.7 per cent; nine counties in
Indiana, AS per cent; nineteen counties in
Iowa, 50 per cent; thirteen counties in
Dakota, 125 per cent; ten counties in Min
nesota, 1916 per cent; and thirteen coun.
ties in Nebraska, 70 per cent.
The weather has been favorable for all
crops in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
and in the Middle Atlantic and New En-
gland States. In Minnesota the uncut
crops were improved, and harvest crops
damaged by rains.